Wednesday, September 12, 2007

I came across this little miniature horse news item while perusing my Newsweek at home. A reader submitted a quote in the Perspective section (you know it - the section with the cartoons) ...and I quote:

"I wish they hadn't eaten my horse. But that's a part of living up here." Otsie Stowell, whose miniature horse was eaten by a mountain lion in Nederland, Colo. The horse, named Bodacious, had been a family pet for 15 years. It was always invited to children's birthday parties and was a popular fixture in the neighborhood.

Couple of things jump out at me there. First, Otsie is a hell of a name.

Second, when did Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure come out in theaters? Because I think that was the last time I heard the word "Bodacious". Google tells me it came out in 1989. That's a little more than 15 years ago (18 to be exact) but I'm going to assume that's where our dearly departed Bodacious got his name.

7 comments:

Adam
said...

Nederland is real close to Boulder so if you know anything about the hippie town that is Boulder, you'd know Otsie isn't an odd name, everyone in the general area is so stoned that they think naming kids after oats is a good idea. We don't compare everything to elk, we also use deer, bears, and Mountain Goats.

But you'd probably get by just fine in Colorado, we don't have crazies named after food products or wild animals running around, at least some of the state. Plus we don't have faith in our baseball team to ever perform in the clutch either.